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Show Page B2 Thursday, January 6, 1983 Park City News i-Ea:,a1:fs,?;,;s,3:,aj,,:P.,:i- All American Fare 193.00 round trip Fly anywhere in Continental's domestic system Call for details. 649-1555 (OX AVOEtltIS by Jim Murray Life gave Pat Riley the breaks he needed Steve Mahre grabs delayed slalom win Price reduced $2,000 each week until sold. 113 SHADO W RIDGE One of Park City's most elegent units, completely furnished. Price this week $233,000. Call Tim Haidinger 714-642-4116 It would come as no surprise to the Mother Superior of St. Joseph's Academy in Schenectady in the '50s to know that young Patrick James Riley, the bad boy of the seventh grade then, is making his living at nights these days. What would surprise her is that he doesn't need a black mask, a kit of burglar's tools, a pair of crooked dice, marked deck, bum check or even a Saturday Night Special. She would be vindicated to know he still needed a haircut. She always knew Patrick would end up with his picture in the paper. Only it would probably say "Wanted" under it. Or have a long number. The last time she saw Patrick he had just helped several friends break 50 or so windows in the school's building and make a mess of several classrooms, to say nothing of the school cafeteria. She expelled Patrick from school and predicted he wouldn't go far in life. After all, Sing Sing was just down the road. Pat Riley wasn't a bad kid by big city lights. It really wasn't a fat part for a Leo "Spit" Gorcey or a James Cagney. He didn't roll drunks or hold up gas stations. He smoked in the school lavatories, stole quarters from bathers at the lake in the park and stayed out nights. It wasn't until somebody put a basketball in his hand that Pat Riley found his role in life. Away from the stifling parochial school atmosphere, a strict way of life that left him with those twin childhood diseases boredom and restlessness that alter more careers than mumps and chickenpox, Riley found himself. The life of Riley today would confound Mother Superior not only because he doesn't appear in public with a stocking over his head, but because he makes more money than the head of Schenectady's General Electric. And, when they recently had a day for him in his hometown, nobody was waiting with a warrant. "I really wasn't such a bad kid in terms of hanging around with street gangs or robbing poor boxes or stealing hubcaps or that kind of thing. It was just that I had seen too many Jimmy Dean movies. I just felt school was kind of a complicated prison and that the sisters thought I was incorrigible." Actually, he was corrigible all it took to change him was a uniform and a basket. At public school, young master Riley found a better outlet for his aggression than school windows. He became a good enough football player so that Bear Bryant, no less, wanted him for quarterback at Alabama, and Adolph Rupp wanted him for "Rupp's runts" at Kentucky. Riley's path to the head coaching job of the L.A. Lakers was through a series of trap doors, a couple of looking glasses, and out the other side of reality. Usually, he was just the guy standing there minding his own business, waiting for a bus, who was approached to be a stand-in for a head of state. Pat Riley is almost the interim legend of his time. First of all, after a so-so career (it was hard to have any other kind on a team that had Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Gail Goodrich on it), Pat Riley had been at home in West Los Angeles trying to figure out how to go through life without a 24-second clock. While an interim player, he had a chance to become the interim No. 2 broadcaster on the Laker games. Then, when Jack McKinney suffered a near-fatal bicycle accident, he became the interim No. 2 coach. When Paul Westhead suffered the fatal collision with Magic Johnson, Pat Riley became the interim head coach. Most people figured Pat Riley's job would consist of saying, "Yes, Magic," or "Whatever you say, Kareem," and that the Lakers would be as uncontrollable as a prison break. They were amazed when the team spurted to 11-2 the minute Riley took over. When they then breezed to the championship with a loss of only two playoff games, people stopped saying all Pat Riley would have to do was blow up the basketball and turn off the showers. "We have a team that looks like a street team," Pat concedes, "But that's because they're all so extraordinarily brilliant, it looks like an ad-lib, like the great comic makes it look as if his routines weren't rehearsed. But this is a patterned, disciplined team. It's God-given talent, but this is a league of God-given talents. You can't win in this league playing "Whose turn is it to shoot?" basketball." The point of the story is, the boy who was written off by Mother Superior, the player who was written off by the league, the interim broadcaster who turned into interim coach is now a major sports figure in his own right. The moral of the story is, if you're not getting anywhere, go out and break a few windows. At any rate, those were the breaks Riley needed. 1982 Los Angeles Times As far as Steve Mahre was concerned, it was worth the wait. .: It took the judges almost two hours to decide, but Mahre was eventually declared de-clared the winner of Tuesday's Tues-day's slalom in Parpan Switzerland. In a race that was marred by disqualifications, Sweden's Swe-den's Ingemar Stenmark was first declared the winner. win-ner. However, it was later ruled that both he and apparent second-place finisher fin-isher Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein had missed gates. , Also among those disqualified disquali-fied on the icy Parpan course was defending World Cup champion Phil Mahre, who posted the best time in the opening run. Steve, on the other hand, turned in two consistent runs, then had to sit and wait for the judges to view videotapes of his contemporaries. contem-poraries. "I made some mistakes in the second run," Mahre said latr. "And it cost me, because if the disqualifica-t: disqualifica-t: - .is had not come through, I wouldn't have won. But that's part of the game you have to make the gates." Several other Americans profited from the batch of disqualifications, including Mark Tache, who finished 21st after starting in 90th position. Cory Carlson was 26th after starting 82nd, Tiger Shaw was 28th after starting 85th and Ben Akers finished 38th after starting 79th. Thanks to the victory, Steve Mahre vaulted past his twin brother into the top ten in the overall World Cup standings. (See Scoreboard.) Park City Nordic Sid Team eyes Junior Olympics Park City Junior Nordic Ski Team Coach Al Bronston said that he was encouraged by the team's performance in its first meet of the season, an Intermountain Junior Olympic Qualifier in Jackson, Jack-son, Wyoming last weekend. Two skiers who did exceptionally excep-tionally well were Ashley Imboden, 11 who took two third places and one second, and Tony Chambers, 14, who captured a second and a third place. Also participating were Meggen Holcomb, Lori Schettler, Mike Richards, and David Van Luven, who has been on the team since it was started by Bronston three years ago. Bronston began the Park City Junior Nordic Ski Team because he wanted to get young skiers interested in cross-country racing. "In our first year we were really green," he said. "We didn't know much about racing and about all we did was just show up to the races. Now, we still show up, but we show up to race and hopefully win." The race last weekend in Jackson had Park City, Sun Valley, Jackson, and Pine-dale Pine-dale competing in the three-day three-day event. These four teams make up the Intermountain Division. Each will hold races during the season. Park City will host the next of these races on Jan. 14-16. The best skiers from these teams, based on a point system, will qualify for the Intermountain Junior Olympic Olym-pic Nordic Ski Team. The Park City ski team has eight members, up from five last year. Their ages range from 10 to 18. "We have kids who are very experienced, like Dave Van Luven, our senior member mem-ber and Junior Olympic medal winner, and others like Meggen Holcomb, who raced for the first time in Jackson," said Bronston. Bronston said that these skiers are serious about the races this year. Attendance at the practices is 10 percent, where last year, he said, the members would show up when they felt like it. The practices mix distance skiing ski-ing (30-35 kilometers) with interval ("to get the heart pumping") and speed training. The team practices at the Park City Golf Course, but Bronston feels that the terrain is not demanding enough. He would prefer to practice at Brighton, he said, but it is more practical to stay in Park City. For the series next weekend, week-end, one race will be held at the golf course, with the other two at Brighton. They will range in length from 1 kilometers to 10 kilometers. Bronston hopes to have two or three racers on the Intermountain team later in the season. Eventually, he would like to see the Nordic Ski Team' become a nonprofit non-profit organization, like its sister team, the Park City Alpine Ski Team. The Nordic Ski Team is now financed solely by the members themselves. Bronston and his assistants are volunteers. "The program has become solid and is going on its own momentum," said Bronston. "Before this year, it was questionable whether it would be worth going through all the legal problems prob-lems of becoming a nonprofit organization. I think that it would be worth it now." , With the increasing cost of high-performance ski equipment, it is important to "test drive" this superb equipment before you purchase to make certain you choose correctly. Our seasoned sales personnel can ask the right questions to define your needs, and offer suggestions as to which models and sizes are best for your age, ability and tastes. Choose from over 200 carefully tuned and waxed demonstrator skis from Rossignol, Fischer, K2, Pre, Lacroix, Authier and Pure Gold in all popular models and sizes. Demonstrator boots are available in most high-performance models and sizes from Lange, Salomon and Nordica. If you find a ski or boot you'd like to buy, JANS will deduct demonstrator fees from purchase price for up to three days of use. Hockey practice After a three-week respite, the Park City Silver Kings hockey team will resume practice Friday evening. According to team spokesman Greg McWhinney, the Silver Kings will be practicing every Friday at 10:15 p.m. at the Cottonwood Ice Arena. And he's still looking for recruits. "We've got a bunch," he said. "But we're always looking for people who can outskate the others." McWhinney said that no schedule has yet been devised, but that he hoped to arrange games, and perhaps a round-robin tournament, against teams from Alta and Snowbird. "We're working on it," he said. Those interested in skating with the team are encouraged en-couraged to call McWhinney at 649-8426. 42 4 rs .X. JrJ- m R2 AM2...WF I m Bee VcItetj-63-0770 CALL. UO AT G40 3077 Wl TEMPORARY HELP..,? WE HAVE WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HANDLE JUST ABOUT ANY JOS SECRETARIES RECEPTIONISTS BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANTS FOOD SERVICE MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION LAND CC APING LAWN CARE MOVING) CHILD CARE SALESPEOPLE PET CARE HOUSEKEEPER PERMANENT ALSO... SECRETARIAL CERVICES 814 MAIN 8TREIT SUITS 307 PARK CITY, UTAH 84080 BECKY HYND, MANAGER World Cup standings Here are the overall men's World Cup standings as of Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Jan. 5. The women's point standings are unchanged from two weeks ago. Place Name Points 1 Peter Mueller, Switzerland 80 2 Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland 78 3 Haiti Weirather, Austria ' 74 4 Franz Heinzer, Switzerland 72 5 Franz Klammer, Austria 60 6 Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden 53 7 Conradin Cathomen, Switzerland 52 8 Christian Orlainsky, Austria 46 9 Steve Mahre, USA "45 9 Stig Strand, Sweden "- 45 21 Phil Mahre, USA 30 56 Tris Cochrane, USA 2 59 Andy Luhn, USA 1 Kids' town race Here are the results of the first Kids' Town Race of the season held Sunday at the Park City Ski Area. Female, 8 and under 1. KaleyBaltz Male, 8 and under 3. David Berry 2. Getty Pollard 1. Brian Oar Female, 9-10 1. Heather Circo Male, 9-10 3. Carl Anderson Ladies' bowling Results of play in the Park City Ladies' Bowling League Dec. 29. First Security Bank won 4 lost 0 from Valley West Const. The Pin Clippers won 3 lost 1 from Just Arnie's. Team Standings Just Arnie's The Pin Clippers First Security Bank Valley West Const. 2. BeauBrinkerhoff 1. Jason Parkin Female, 11-12 3. Wendy Berry 2. Stacy Moore 1. Holly Hunter Male, 11-12 3. RossToelke 2. Sean Smith 1. DarrinBean Female, 13 and older 2. Becky Smith 1. Jennie Lewis Male, 13 and older 1. Chris Moore Won Lost 41 19 .683 29 31 .483 27 32 .458 22 37 .375 High scratch game indv. Janet Peretti 181 Thelma Lindsay 171 Donna Alvey 166 High scratch series indv. Georgene Plummer 466 Janet Peretti 429 Thelma Lindsay 428 High scratch game team Just Arnie's 591 The Pin Clippers 558 First Security Bank 528 High hnndicap game indv. Dorothy Wilson 212 Janet Peretti 211 Donna Alvey 206 Thelma Lindsay 206 High handicap series indv. Georgene Plummer 547 Dorothy Wilson 546 Donna Alvey 545 High handicap game team Just Arnie's 733 The Pin Clippers 731 First Security Bank 718 High scratch series team High handicap series team Just Arnie's 1610 First Seeuritv Rank woo First Security Bank The Pin Clippers IMS The Pin Clippers 2062 1543 Just Arnie's 2036 Thelma Lindsay had two doubles; the following had doubles: Eileen Murnin, Donna Alvey, Janet Peretti, and Jessie Johnson. Splits picked up Dorothy Wilson the 3-10, Georgene Plummer the 2-7-8, Donna Alvey the 6-7-10 and Norma Cowin 2-10. |